The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-30

It over, and the rest ghIy yV sa at fsas
tory to all concerned. The sum of s85. 900
has already been secured and $4,000 or
Sl5,O 900 more are in sight. The hotel will
| probably be built on the southwest corner
of Howard and Court streets. 1t will front
Ia feet on Howard street and 90 feet on
Court street. 1t is hoped that the money
will be raised and tho dirt broken within
fifteen days.
Elgin Lochrane says he has not been able
| yet to find his fathers will, if one was left
| 1t is reported that before he died Judge
Lochrane said the will would be forthcom-
| ing in due season. Last May Ferdinand
| Lochrane, of Armagh, Ireland, paid visit
| to Judge Lochrane in Atlanta. He spent
| some time here with his brother, not leaving
| for the Emerald Isle until May 90 It is
now believed that Ferdinand Lochrane took
| the will with him on his departure and that
he now has it. Several persons who were
closely associated with the Judge are con-
WINGED that the will is in the brothers pos
session, and that in short time he will
make it known.
! The Piedmont Exposition has thus far re-
ceived applications for over 100000 square
| feet of floor space. This exceeds the space
in the main hall by 1900 square feet, and
| to meet the demands the architects are now
| preparing plans for another building,
500x96 feet, to be used for machinery and
| agricultural displays. The new building
will be of the same general design as the
| main building, with extension ends and CEN
| tres. Three hundred hands are now at work,
| and matters are moving along rapidly and
satisfactorily The track will be completed
in about two weeks. The main building will
be ready within four weeks, and by
| Sept. Is, at the latest, all will be in readi-
ness.
| Sunny Side was the scene of a horrible
| accident Monday, in which Snow Prothro
| lost his life. When the 11:30 train pulled
out for Atlanta, Snow Prothro and John
| Taylor, two colored youths aged about
| fourteen, crawled up on the front trucks of
| the rear coach. Their feat was witnessed
| by several, all of whom were astonished by
| such display of recklessness. 1t was the
| intention of the two boys to ride to Atlanta.
| As the train was rolling into Sunny Side
| Prothro attempted to jump off, when, it is
| supposed, he lost his footing and fell OBJ
| liquely across the track, the wheels crush
! ing across both legs, cutting off the left one
| just below the knee, and the right one about
| four inches above the knee. He died about
| 5oclock.
| The question of establishing by local tax
| alton public school for Covington is being
agitated at this time, and a meeting of the
| citizens was held Monday to consider the
| matter. As the establishment of the school
| will largely depend on the question as to
| whether or not the city can secure the use of
the buildings of the Georgia Methodist Fe-
male College, the only action taken was to
| appoint a committee to confer with the
| trustees of that institution with view to
ascertaining whether the North Georgia
| Conference (Which controls the institution
| would grant to the city the use of the col
| lege buildings in the event that public
| school should be established. 1t seems that
a large majority of the citizens favor the
| establishment of the school.
st, Simon's Mills had her second fire last
| Saturday evening. The fire occurred in
| what is known as the ''old boarding house,
| it is the original Cooper residence. The
| fire communicated from that building to
| the company's office near by, burning that
| also. The origin of the fire is not known.
| 1t seems that the occupants of the house,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wynne, had few hours be-
fore built some fires in the different Chin
neys of the house to dry out the dampness.
At the time of the fire they were over at a
neighbours, near by. When the fire was
discovered the whole inside of the house was
enveloped in flame and smoke, so that moth
ing could be saved Rev Mr.. Wynne lost
his entire ibrary-valued at 81 600 He has
been gathering it for several years.
Waycross Reporter: Some time since
young fellow of Waycross was very much
kI1eNeu dJ the way Ills girl UresUeu MIN.
They were to take a drive one afternoon,
and our friend was or hand with the best
turnout he could secure. Just before get
ting into the buggy, however, the manner
of his girl changed from that of kindness
and affection to icy-coldness, and positively
refused to accompany the young man. AS
she made no explanation of her strange &C
tions, he was nonpluSsed and can't under
stand it yet But we have got into the Sc
cret at last and are prepared to tell him.
He had. accidentally or otherwise, allowed
a red hair to blow on to his coat and cling
there. His girls hair is black and you know
how the dear girls are about such things.
Now, maybe if he can explain how that
troublesome red hair came to be on his coat,
they will make up and peace will again
reign in Warsaw.
Sandersville is "A prohibition town by
large majority. The Mayor has had but one
or two cases of drunkenness to dispose of
since February. The town has been a model
in the way of order and easy-going. Many
of its citizens stored away some of the an
dent for family use, and snake bites and ac-
cident. A doctor had hid away some fine
old Cognac brandy for medical use, where
he supposed no one would find it save him.
self. It was hidden in an clubhouse. The other
morning seme five or six boys of tender
years were playing hide and seek, and dur
ing the play one of the boys hid in the box
where the brandy was hid. He gave the
alarm. They proceeded to divide out the
hidden but found treasure. One boy 6 years
of age soon began to show unmistakable
signs of drunkenness. He was assisted to
the house by two of his comrades of the
same age. His parents, of course, were
greatly excited He could not be drunk be-
cause there was no whisky in town! He re-
covered.
At Dublin Saturday night another in
stance of almost unexampled drunken law
lessness and open defiance of the town
authorities and common law was given
upon the streets. Such exhibitions are
becoming far more frequent than pleasant
of late, and may yet result in serious
trouble. The disturbance Saturday night
grew out of an attempt on the part of the
town marshal to arrest an individual from
the country, who was making himself very
obnoxious by staggering, bullying and
swearing. The attempted arrest was resisted
by the inebriated party and his
friends, and it was with difficulty
that serious trouble was averted.
1t is said that during the disturbance one
young man, having been deputized to assist
in quelling the commotion, armed himself
with a double-barreled shotgun loaded
with buclIshot, and paraded the streets, de-
handing a countelsign from everyone who
passed, and even stopping the Mayor
and the Marshal